CRN Sales and Marketing Awards 2016 shortlist
We can finally reveal the firms that have made it onto the shortlist and who will now go through to the next round of judging. Congratulations!
After much deliberating, CRN is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the 2016 Sales & Marketing Awards.
Due to take place at The Brewery in Chiswell Street on Thursday 7 July, the awards are to reward the individuals and teams that make the channel what it is, and to share examples of marketing genuis with your peers.
The entries will now go through to the second stage of judging, where the winners will be picked in a top secret judging process.
Head judge Sara Yirrell, said: "As with most years, the judges have reserved the right to move a couple of entries into a different category, particularly in the most heavily entered categories, and where we felt the entry would stand a strong chance against the competition.
"The next round of judges have a difficult task on their hands in trying to pick the winners from a very strong field. In some categories it is already too close to call.
"Another important point to add is that the length of the shortlist varies because some categories had a high number of entries and the standard of entry was extremely high. So despite appearing long, the longer shortlists are actually less than 50 per cent of the entries received. Unfortunately we cannot provide feedback on every single entry."
Congratulations to all our shortlisted companies, and for those that didn't quite make the list, please do not give up - we hope to see you back next year.
SHORTLIST 2016
RESELLER CATEGORIES
Best New Business Win
Altinet Ltd
Annodata
Creative Consulting
Best Sales Team
netConsult
Advance Computer Centre Ltd
Best Marketing Campaign
BT Business
Sapphire Systems
Armadillo Managed Services
Foursys
Creative Consulting
Best Company to work for
Softcat
Complete IT
Integrity 360
SCC
PCS Business Systems
TechQuarters
UKFast
Best Online Marketing Innovation/website
NCI Technologies
ComputerWorld
Best Apprenticeship Scheme
Risual
Hardware Group
Softcat plc
Mirus IT
UKFast
DISTRIBUTION CATEGORIES
Best Sales and Marketing Support Team
Agency Ingram Micro
Wick Hill
Avnet
Midwich
Exertis
Best Marketing Campaign
Ingram Micro - Crack the Surface
CMS Distribution- Defining the next era of IT with Red Hat
VIP Computer Centre- Star Deals Campaign
Westcoast - Grow your own supplies Campaign
Avnet - Veeam - Keep it Regular Campaign
Sigma and the Chocolate Factory Campaign
Best Website
Westcoast - MS Mix website
Sigma
Exertis
Best Online Marketing Innovation
Wick Hill- Partner Enablement Portal
Westcoast - TSI HP Campaign
Avnet - Juniper Rising Stars
Best Training Initiative
Avnet
Westcoast
Exertis
VENDOR CATEGORIES
Best Partner Programme
ShoreTel
Kyocera
Dell
Druva
TP-Link UK
Extreme Networks
Oracle
Ixia
Best Partner Event
NetApp Insight 2015
Brother UK- Boss it with Brother
Datto Partner Conference EMEA
Sophos- Discover Sophos Partner Tour 2015
Dell PartnerDirect EMEA Solutions Conf 2015
Synaxon UK National Conference
Best Vendor Account Management Team
Entanet
Agilitas
Kyocera
Jabra
Comms-care
Fujitsu
Best Vendor Marketing Team
Entanet
TP Link
StorageCraft
Juniper Networks
Best Partner Website
Bitdefender
Agilitas
Sophos
Intuit
Technology Innovation Award
iStorage Ltd
Druva
Exclaimer Cloud
Sophos
Samsung
CyberArk
Fujitsu
GENERAL CATEGORY
Best Channel Marketing Agency
Bowan Arrow
Motivforce
Corporate Innovations
Junction Marketing Agency
Purechannels Ltd
Twogether
Gekko
AxiCom